Qualcomm, Intel Help Futuremark Bring 3DMark to Android
Futuremark has announced 3DMark for Android, slated to arrive later this year with the help of Qualcomm, Intel and others.
Futuremark announced on Friday that Acer Incorporated, Intel, Qualcomm Incorporated and SingTel-Optus have joined the Android arm of its Benchmark Development Program (BDP) to create a new 3DMark gaming benchmark for Android-based tablets and smartphones. This program gathers the input and expertise from leading hardware and technology manufacturers for creating industry standard benchmarks for performance measurement.
3DMark for Android is expected to be released later this year, and will measure gaming performance using graphics rendering, CPU and physics tests that will push OpenGL ES2.0 to the limit. The results from 3DMark for Android will be comparable to the results from the upcoming 3DMark for Windows which will also be released later this year.
"For more than ten years, we have worked with the world's leading PC hardware manufacturers to create 3DMark and PCMark," said Jukka Mäkinen, Futuremark CEO. "As a result, Futuremark benchmarks are the industry standard for PC performance measurement used by hundreds of press publications and millions of end-users."
"As we bring 3DMark to Android, we are excited to expand our cooperation to include Acer, Intel, Qualcomm and SingTel-Optus, technology leaders who will bring unparalleled insight, experience and vision to the development of 3DMark for Android," Mäkinen added.
Other members adding their input to Futuremark's Benchmark Development Programs include AMD, HP, Imagination Technologies, Microsoft, Nvidia, Seagate, Samsung and many other world class companies. Currently Futuremark offers three BDPs within the overall Benchmark Development Program umbrella: 3DMark for Windows BDP, 3DMark for Android BDP, and PCMark BDP.
"As the leader in mobile GPU shipments last year with its Snapdragon processors, Qualcomm values impartial measurement of graphics performance," said Tim Leland, Director of Product Management at Qualcomm. "By joining the 3DMark for Android Benchmark Development Program, we』re glad to be working with Futuremark and the other members of the Program to help ensure that the resulting benchmarks are representative of future, real-world 3D graphics content for Android smartphones and tablets."
3DMark for Android is currently in development and is expected to be released later this year.
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math1337 Since it can't really be compared to the desktop version of 3dmark, it can't really be any better than any of the other benchmarks out there. Still, I look forward to having awesome visuals come out of my phone.Reply -
I'm guessing it will only run on android 4.0 or above? Not 2.x phones which are about 80% of the android market share?Reply
meh, i'll pass...... unless it comes out for 2.3.4 that is. -
g00fysmiley would people really buy it? i mean with people who have high end pc's they buy it, run it and compare thier builds and specs... with a device there isn't much customization so what is the point i have a samsung galaxy nexus... which will probably perform within a few % margin of error the same as all other samsung galaxy nexus phonesReply -
Ambiguity 24ozSeems like a waste of money to buy a benchmark tool for a phone you can not upgrade.exactly my thoughts.Reply -
Bloob This is propably more for the gazillion mobile phone tester / review -sites. Also good for raising awareness on "true" performance between architectures (might be good for Intel too), and maybe eventually between mobile OSs.Reply